DOMA repeal gets mixed Louisiana reactions

2:28 AM,
Jun. 27, 2013

Erika Knott, left, wife of Kelly Bryson, holds her son, Jeremy Knott, 6, as they participate in a celebration rally in Jackson Square in New Orleans, Wednesday, June 26, 2013. Legally married to her longtime partner in Canada in 2007, Bryson is talking about a second wedding, in the United States this time, in light of Wednesday's Supreme Court ruling striking down of a law denying federal benefits to married gay couples. Same sex marriage and civil unions remain illegal in Louisiana. And the full implications of the DOMA decision were not entirely clear for people living outside the 13 states where gay marriage is recognized.

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Gay-rights advocates in Louisiana praised Wednesday's repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act, but some local conservatives and church officials decried the development as a threat to traditional marriage.

Louis Toliver Jr. woke up Wednesday and joined scores of people on social media to celebrate the Supreme Court's decision.